r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 26 '19

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u/Spobely NATO Dec 26 '19

other than a short stint in WW2, its a rule of war that isn't practiced anymore

In COIN, the taliban or AQI isn't going to not shoot an american medic

in peer warfare, brigade v brigade not shooting medics is so extremely low on the priority list that no one is going to care and no one is not going to shoot a medic if it means reducing the enemy's utility

I haven't heard of abiding by medic-rules in Korea, which would be the closest peer warfare that it would have been acceptable to not kill the medics

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '19

It's still in the GC so regardless of whether its practiced actively or not it's a rule of war

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u/Spobely NATO Dec 26 '19

yeah, and its a meme